Interesting thriller!

Rating: 7/10 (2 July 2008)

Congratulations Michael Bay! I think all critics who panned this ought to be ashamed of themselves. They see Michael Bay's name and think 'oh great another expensive stupid action flick.' This is an unfair judgment and even when i saw a film by Michael bay come up in the opening credits i had my doubts but i kept watching and i was rewarded. It is people like Michael Bay that make these sought of movies that are rewarding in what they are offering which are good effects, occasionally (in this case) an interesting story and also to a lesser extent good acting (McGregor and Johansson were terrific). He gave us Transformers which I thought was fun and he gave us the Island which I thought was even better. Firstly I am shocked that this movie was not nominated for at least best visual effects and best sound mixing and editing would have been appropriate as well. I know the effects don't come close to King Kong which won but they sure beat Narnia and War of the Worlds. And the sound awards were both won by King Kong as well. BIG MISTAKE! I liked King Kong but enhancing the volume of an ape roaring and beating its chest is not Oscar worthy! As well as this the score was so good! Steve Jablonsky is officially the most underrated musical composer ever. He should have won an Oscar by now if the Oscars were not so biased to sci-fi movies because his score was terrific. Should see!